Thematic Mapping Engine: Create Thematic Map Mashups

This is great news for developers looking to add intelligence to data in their map mashups. Bjørn announced the news on his blog, and he has a succinct description of TME:

The engine takes statistical data, spatial features and thematic mapping parameters as input and returns a KMZ file. This file can be viewed in Google Earth, or other geobrowsers supporting the KML standard. TME can be accessed from a web interface or a PHP script.

The engine can also be used as an API, and Bjørn has put together a PDF User's Guide. Before you get started, note that TME has the following requirements: